First of all... how are ya?... I've seen you on some other forum. Although we have different opinions on this subject, I do enjoy discussing it with you so far.

Going back to your post...

Let me put your explanation, in sort of similar way...

Now you've assigned to "x" a "manufacturer...
Now I think, it would me more acurate to say that
"x"= the "copyright law" that protects "manufactured product. The rest can stay the same...
But there is one more thing...

"a"=amount of individuals with opinion that is in favor of file sharing out of total population.
"b"= total population
"c"=percentage of "a" to "b".
Now believing the theory, that the law was created to help our society function corectly, and not that people exist to help for the law to function no matter what, here is my idea of what it all comes down to...
y=? (how many is sharing)
z=? (how many of those that get stuff)
b=? (everyone in US)
now a=y+z
c=a%*b (damn... was is it "*"to calculate percentage?... I gotta loose calculator... correct me if i f*** up )
And...
x=c

The higher value of "y" and "z", the more "x" will serve to improve our society.


Something like that... I might make a mistake somewhere, it's just I got too used to computers doing all calculations for me, and I really forgot...but you get the point right?

Take care...